The Eurocrat striking fear into corporate America

Margrethe Vestager, the EU Commissioner for Competition, is determined to make America's tech giants play by the European rule book.

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Margrethe Vestager has acquired a "heated celebrity" since becoming European commissioner for competition in 2014, says Samanth Subramanian in Bloomberg Businessweek. She has tried to protect the European Union's vision of a fair market by driving investigations into the tax affairs of multinationals such as Amazon, Google, McDonald's and Starbucks. Last August, Vestager ruled that Apple had received unfair tax benefits from Ireland and ordered the US tech giant to pay over $14bn in back taxes and interest. If she also levies a multibillion-dollar fine against Google, "she will truly set headlines aflame".

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Alice grew up in Stockholm and studied at the University of the Arts London, where she gained a first-class BA in Journalism. She has written for several publications in Stockholm and London, and joined MoneyWeek in 2017.